Looking at Xu Yao's face, which should have been gentle and lovely, but now looked like a shrew, I really couldn't understand what I had done to offend her!
Why does she dislike me so much?!
"Alright!"
I impatiently interrupted her, using the last bit of patience I had left to say, "Xu Yao, whatever your attitude towards me was before, I never held it against you because you were still my sister back then. I just took it as a joke."
"But now, we no longer have that kind of relationship. Do you really think I don't have a temper?"
"What? You want to hit me?" Xu Yao sneered. "I'm standing right here today, let's see if you dare to lay a hand on me!"
I was so angry that I felt like I couldn't breathe properly.
At that moment, the scene of my first meeting with Xu Yao involuntarily appeared in my mind. Back then, her attitude towards me was exactly the same as it is now.
I've forgotten how long after I was taken to the Xu family that day was.
All I remember is that when I met Xu Yao, her eyes were already red from crying. Although she was the eldest daughter of the Xu family, she was only a year older than me. At that time, she was a girl who was not yet twenty.
I originally thought having an older sister in the Xu family would be a good thing, but the first thing she did when she saw me was rush over and slap me across the face, just like she did now.
I was a little dazed from being hit until she said, "Why did you show up? Give me back my brother!" Then I realized why she hit me—it was for Xu Yan.
I blurted out without thinking: "From now on, I'm your little brother, sis!"
However, what awaited me was neither her gratitude nor her smile, but rather a mocking sneer from someone wiping their hands as if they had just touched something disgusting, their eyes red with sarcasm: "You think you're worthy of being my brother?"
"You filthy beggar!"
Then she threw a towel—whose purpose I don't know—at me hard. I still remember the stench it emanated from it.
Back then, I naively thought that Xu Yao would accept my existence over time. But later, every time we met, she would call me a stinky beggar and show a look of disgust. That's when I realized that being hated by someone means that nothing you do matters.
Even when I wanted to please her, I would take the blame for her mistakes and be punished by not being allowed to eat for a whole day; even when I was too busy at the company, I would personally invite the head chef of a restaurant to cook steak for her just because she wanted it from a certain restaurant.
Even on her birthday, she said she wanted to see fireworks, but it was banned in the city. So I secretly rented a venue and set them off just for her.
I just want her to accept me as her younger brother.
But it's something you can never do.
Every time, she would say: "Are you happy spending our family's money?"
I can never refute it, and I don't know how to refute it.
Until she left, went abroad, and then Xu Yan came back, I thought we would never cross paths again, but I never expected to see her again at this time.
Even after several years, she still hates me just as much.
I sighed, letting the tightness in my chest ease a little, then looked at her, suppressing the complex emotions in my heart, and said coldly, "I won't hit you, because I never hit women."
"But I advise you not to stand in front of me and say these things again."
"I am indeed no longer a member of the Xu family."
"But the Xu family still owes me!"
"Owe you?" Xu Yao seemed amused, looked me up and down, and then pointed to my chest, saying, "Xu Ruo, touch your conscience, what has our Xu family owed you?"
"I heard about it as soon as I got home. You still want compensation?"
Do you think you're qualified?
"Whether you're qualified or not isn't up to you to decide," I said calmly, glancing at Xu Yan behind her. I didn't want to argue with her anymore.
This is not just tiring, but mental torture.
I warned Xu Yan with my eyes.
But Xu Yan still made a foolish mistake.
At this moment, he suddenly sneered and said, "Xu Ruo, my sister is right."
"What right do you have? What face do you have to show your face in my Xu family?"
"The reason I asked you to stay yesterday was simply because I was afraid you would be seen like a stray dog and embarrass the Xu family, not because I wanted you to still dare to be arrogant in front of us now."
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